Car Crashes into Skyway in Rochester Parking Ramp

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) It is suspected that a medical condition played a role in a traffic crash inside a Rochester parking ramp this afternoon.

The Rochester Fire Department says a woman was transported to St. Mary’s hospital after the car she was driving collided with several parked vehicles and then crashed through a glass wall on the city's skyway system inside the Second Street Parking Ramp.

The incident occurred around 2 p.m. and resulted in a traffic jam inside the ramp while emergency responders dealt with the woman and cleaned up the resulting mess created by the series of collisions. Firefighters also had to extinguish a small fire beneath the crashed car.

photo by Jordan Kloster

The woman’s name has not been released and there is no information available about her medical condition. It's estimated there was about $20,000 in damage to the parking ramp and skyway system.